[1] Ødegaard graduated with a master's degree in civil engineering in 1969 from the Norwegian Institute of Technology (NTH).
Subsequently, he was employed from 1973 to 1975 at the Department of Hydraulic and Environmental Engineering at NTH.
[3] MBBR is a process that uses special carriers as a biofilm media in an aeration tank of a wastewater treatment system.
It is estimated that there is at least 600 municipal and industrial AnoxKaldnes MBBR treatment plants in operation in over 50 different countries.
[1] In 2011 the King of Norway announced the designation of Ødegaard as a Knight of the First Class of St. Olav order "for his dedication to water research".